My Name =
Dylan Evans
Presentation Date =
Friday Jan 8 2010

My Mentor =
Miss.Nash

Subject & sub-topics =
  • Artist Fee's
  • Ticket Sales
  • Hireing
    • Stage Crew
    • Security
    • Catering
    • Runners
  • Booking the venue
  • What kind of profit share
  • Billing
  • Gross potential
  • Merchandising

Thesis Question =
Are concert promoters receving a fair share of the profits from the ticket sales

Thesis Sentence =


Statements =
  • Concert promoters book venues
  • Concert promoters negation contracts with the bands
  • Concert promoters can make profit
  • Concert promoters do take financial risks
  • Elements of having to pay other first:(artist fee, merchandising, etc) are inconsistent with sales concert promoters are trying to make a larger profit
  • Elements of inital concert payments:(artist fees, merchandising, etc) are inconsistent with sales concert promters profit goals promoters desire
  • The profit goals concert promoters desire are not meet due to payouts
  • How Concert promoters change contracts to increase their profit (conclusion)

Premise(s) =

The elements of having to pay other first : artist fee’s, merchandising etc, are inconsistent with sales concert promoters are trying to make a larger profit.

Conclusion =
How Concert promoters change contracts to increase their profit

Thesis sentence (argument included) =
  • Are concert promoters receving a fair share of the concert ticket proceeds considering the responsibilites and the inherent risks involved in running a show.
  • Since the profit goals concert promoters desire are not meet due to concert payouts, it can be concluded that concert promoters change contracts to increase their profit




  • Thesis Question (enhanced) =
    Since the profit goals concert promoters desire are not meet due to concert payouts,how do concert promoters change contracts to increase their profit